Resources

Publications

• Journey to Family Leadership Workbook
  • Digital Version
  • Print-Friendly Version
  • Companion Document: Amplify Your Voice: Advancing Your Skills as a Family Leader
• Texas Family Voice Network Leadership Tip Sheets
  • Stages of Family Leadership
  • Self-Care: The Need for Balance
  • The Power of Partnering with Families

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Helpful Websites

• Navigate Life TX
• Family Guide—Children’s Mental Health Services
• Local Mental Health Authority Locations and Hotlines
• SAMHSA (Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration):
  • Archived Webinars (tools and other learning resources)
  • Podcasts and Webinars
  • Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program Emergency Mental Health Assistance
• NAMI Texas (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
• Texas Parent to Parent
• Disability Rights Texas
• National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
• FREDLA (Family Run Executive Directors Association)
• Resources for Individuals with Disabilities

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Behavioral Health System

• MentalHealthTX.org
• YES Waiver Brochure
• Trauma Resources
• ADHD Resources
• Reactive Attachment Disorder
• Clarity Child Guidance Mental Health Educational Videos
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Service Interventions

• Certified Family Partners:
  • The Role of a Family Peer Support Specialist (Family Partner)
  • Family to Family Peer Support in Texas
  • Family Partner Roles in Wraparound:
    • How Family Partners Contribute to the Phases and Activities of the Wraparound Process
    • Qualifications for Wraparound Family Partners
    • 10 Principles of the Wraparound Process to the Role of Family Partners on Wraparound Teams
• Residential Treatment:
  • Texas Challenge Academy
  • Texas Challenge Academy Brochure
  • National Guard Youth Foundation
  • Community Resource Coordination Groups (CRCGs)
  • Community Resource Coordination Group Directory
  • CPS Residential Treatment Center Resource Guide

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Education

• Texas Education Agency (TEA):
  • Education Service Center Contact Information
  • Parent and Family Resources
  • Special Education
  • Notice of Procedural Safeguards:
    • English
    • Spanish
  • TEA Parents Guide to the Admission, Review and Dismissal Process
• Special Education Rules and Regulations
• IDEA Manual
• Misc. Parent Resources

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Child Welfare

• Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards—Find a Board
• DFPS (Texas Department of Family and Protective Services):
  • Policy Handbooks
  • Parent Collaboration Group
  • Responsible Fathering Tips
  • Kinship Care:
    • General Information
    • Kinship Care Manual
  • Adoption:
    • Adoption: Why Not You
    • Foster Adopt Information Package
    • Ten Questions Adoptive Parents Ask 
• Foster Parenting:
  • What Being a Foster Parent is Really Like

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Juvenile Justice

• Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) Prevention Resources
• TJJD Family Resources

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Family Fun

• Morgans Wonderland (fun for kids with disabilities)
• Better Beehive Project